Archive for the ‘hn-ww2’ Category
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
A nurse famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York's Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of the Second World War has died at the age of 91...
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
A new examination of his papers shows how he agonised over every famous phrase – even adding one at the last minute – and how his private secretary was secretly unimpressed by his efforts.
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
A photograph of Winston Churchill giving his victory salute has been airbrushed to remove his signature cigar.
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The idea that Hitler should be thanked for Indian independence proceeds from the view that, by weakening Britain, Germany forced it to abandon its empire.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
A top Russian official says there's no legal basis for reopening an investigation into the Katyn massacres, when thousands of Polish officers were killed by Soviet secret police.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
A Second World War bomb has exploded in central Germany, killing three people.
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